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  • Story the Bones Tell
    Sally Logue Post
    Twelve thousand years of history are buried in the dust of the Llano Estacado--and the bones are finally ready to speak.Hidden within the Yellowhouse Draw on the edge of Lubbock, Texas, lies one of the most significant archaeological sites in North America. The Lubbock Lake Landmark was a secret kept by the earth, a silent witness to the extinction of giants and to the relentle...
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    22,06 €

  • AMERICAN LION
    Joseph V. Lilly
    American Lion: The True Story of Panthera Leo Atrox, North America’s Largest Prehistoric Predator and Its Mysterious ExtinctionIt ruled an entire continent for thousands of years. It was larger than any lion alive today, faster than most predators of its era, and feared by everything that shared the ancient North American landscape with it. And then, without a single witness, w...
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    38,45 €

  • MEGALODON (Otodus megalodon)
    Henry P. Elmer
    No predator in the fossil record captures the imagination quite like Otodus megalodon. Estimated to have reached lengths of up to sixty feet, with a bite force strong enough to crush the skeleton of a whale, megalodon dominated the world’s oceans for more than fifteen million years, from the early Miocene until its extinction roughly three and a half million years ago. And yet ...
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    34,16 €

  • Did Dinosaurs Survive?
    Andrei Nebeleac
    What if the dinosaurs did not completely disappear 66 million years ago?Science tells us that non-avian dinosaurs vanished during the catastrophic Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction. But determining exactly when the final population of a species disappeared is far more difficult than identifying its youngest known fossil.Did Dinosaurs Survive? investigates one of the most fascinat...
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    13,28 €

  • DODO Raphus cucullatus
    Henry P. Elmer
    Few creatures have shaped the human imagination as thoroughly as the dodo, and few are as poorly understood. Raphus cucullatus lived only on the island of Mauritius, evolving over millions of years without natural predators until it lost the need, and eventually the ability, to fly. Then, within less than a century of first contact with European sailors in the 1600s, it was gon...
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    31,63 €

  • HAGERMAN HORSE (Equus simplicidens)
    Henry P. Elmer
    In 1928, a rancher near Hagerman, Idaho, stumbled onto a fossil deposit that would eventually yield more than two hundred skeletons of a single extinct species, the largest concentration of fossil horses ever found in one place. That animal, Equus simplicidens, is now recognized as one of the earliest true representatives of the genus Equus, and its remains have become central ...
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    38,27 €

  • The Ground Sloth (Megalonyx)
    Eliana V. Micah
    Ground Sloth: A Guide About the Twenty-Foot Giant That Moved in Slow MotionIt was the size of an elephant, moved like it had all the time in the world, and dominated the ancient landscape of the Americas for millions of years. The ground sloth was one of the most fascinating and bizarre creatures the prehistoric world ever produced. And then, like so many giants of the Ice Age,...
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    34,79 €

  • GROUND SLOTH
    Joseph V. Lilly
    Ground Sloth: A Guide About the Twenty-Foot Giant That Moved in Slow MotionIt was the size of an elephant, moved like it had all the time in the world, and dominated the ancient landscape of the Americas for millions of years. The ground sloth was one of the most fascinating and bizarre creatures the prehistoric world ever produced. And then, like so many giants of the Ice Age,...
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    29,36 €

  • Ластик на конце карандаша
    David C. Sterling
    Каждая окаменелость - это статистическая погрешность.За миллионы лет геологическая эрозия стирает почти всё: горы превращаются в песок, континенты сходятся и снова расходятся, целые побережья уходят под воду и всплывают заново - дочиста стёртые. От девяноста девяти процентов всего, что когда-либо жило, строило и мыслило на этой планете, не осталось и следа.Так была ли на Земле ...
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    16,37 €

  • Boneglyph
    David C. Sterling
    Ninety-nine percent of everything that has ever walked, built, or thought on this planet has been erased by geological time. Not lost - erased. Continents fold into each other. Mountains grind to sand. Whole coastlines vanish beneath the sea and resurface, scrubbed clean, a hundred million years later.So here is the uncomfortable question this book asks: if an intelligent civil...
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    15,36 €

  • Fossils Without Limits
    Matthew Petchinsky
    Fossils Without Limits: A Hydrocephalus Field Survival Guide to Paleontology proves that a passion for prehistoric life is not defined by physical challenges-it is fueled by curiosity, preparation, and determination.Designed specifically for individuals living with hydrocephalus, this practical and encouraging guide provides the knowledge needed to safely enjoy fossil hunting, ...
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    11,77 €

  • Micropaleontology Applications
    Omar Ahmed Al-Badrani / Rana Abdulelah Alhialy
    Paleontology is derived from the Greek word 'paleontos' which means 'old life'. Paleontology is the study of the history of the earth. It’s like a grandfather telling grandchildren a tale of something that once happened in the old days. In Paleontology, words are not used to illustrate. It employs fossils and organisms, however, but also entails the study of fossils in order to...
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    159,29 €

  • Palaeopoetry
    B M W Hughes
    Palaeopoetry is a lyrical excavation of deep time, a collection that sifts through stone, bone, myth, and memory to uncover the creatures who shaped the world long before humans learned to name it. Moving from thunder‑striding giants to fragile hatchlings, from fossilised sorrow to scientific mischief, these poems trace the strange, tender, and often humorous ways life has unfo...
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    4,59 €

  • Memoir on the Dodo (Didus Ineptus, Linn.) (Cram Edition)
    Richard Owen / William John Broderip
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Memoir on the Dodo (Didus Ineptus, Linn.) pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Memoir on the Dodo' by acclaimed naturalist Richard Owen, F.R.S., offers an unparalleled look into one of history’s most iconic extinct birds. This seminal work, subtitled '(Didus in...
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    21,07 €

  • Buffalo Land
    W. E. (William Edward) Webb
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Buffalo Land pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Journey to the American West with W. E. Webb’s 'Buffalo Land: Authentic Account of the Discoveries, Adventures, and Mishaps of a Scientific and Sporting Party in the Wild West.' This meticulously reprinted editio...
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    28,92 €

  • Cave Hunting
    William Boyd Dawkins
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Cave Hunting pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Embark on an expedition into the depths of prehistoric Europe with William Boyd Dawkins’s 'Cave Hunting: Researches on the evidence of caves respecting the early inhabitants of Europe.' This meticulously research...
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    42,39 €

  • THE LIFE OF A FOSSIL HUNTER (Cram Edition)
    Charles H. (Charles Hazeli... Sternberg / Henry Fairfield Osborn
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of THE LIFE OF A FOSSIL HUNTER pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Embark on a journey through the fascinating world of paleontology with 'The Life of a Fossil Hunter,' the captivating autobiography of Charles H. Sternberg. Delve into the history of fossil collect...
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    25,14 €

  • Geological Observations on South America (Cram Edition)
    Charles Darwin
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Geological Observations on South America pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Geological Observations On South America' by Charles Darwin presents a fascinating exploration of the continent’s natural history. This volume, a cornerstone of geological literature,...
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    34,60 €

  • Creation and Its Records
    B. H. (Baden Henry) Baden-Powell
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Creation and Its Records pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Explore the fascinating intersection of faith and science in 'Creation and Its Records' by B. H. Baden-Powell. This compelling work delves into the relationship between the biblical account of creatio...
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    23,10 €

  • Compsognathus Through Deep Time
    Matthew Petchinsky
    Travel across 150 million years of history and discover the remarkable story of one of the smallest dinosaurs ever known. Compsognathus Through Deep Time explores the life, environment, evolution, extinction, and rediscovery of the famous Jurassic predator, placing it within the vast timeline of Earth’s changing history.From the warm island ecosystems of the Late Jurassic to th...
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    9,67 €

  • The Hidden Life of Compsognathus
    Matthew Petchinsky
    Step into the hidden world of one of the Jurassic Period’s most fascinating predators in The Hidden Life of Compsognathus. Though small in size, Compsognathus was a remarkable hunter whose story has intrigued scientists and dinosaur enthusiasts for generations. Through fossil evidence, scientific research, and modern paleontological discoveries, this book explores what life may...
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    9,72 €

  • Compsognathus
    Matthew Petchinsky
    What can a tiny dinosaur teach us about the history of life on Earth? Far more than most people realize.Compsognathus: The Small Dinosaur That Changed Paleontology explores the remarkable story of one of the most important small dinosaurs ever discovered. Although overshadowed by giants such as Tyrannosaurus and Brachiosaurus, Compsognathus played a crucial role in transforming...
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    9,71 €

  • O Despertar Antes do Dilúvio
    Frederick Guttmann R.
    Esta obra de investigação, iniciada em 1997, está dividida em dois livros. O primeiro, 'O Despertar Antes do Dilúvio', refuta cientificamente a alegação de que os dinossauros foram extintos há 65 milhões de anos (além disso, comprova que humanos e dinossauros coexistiram até séculos recentes) e que um asteroide foi a causa. Refuta a história da origem dos povos das Américas atr...
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    25,58 €

  • The Foot-prints of the Creator
    Hugh Miller / Louis Agassiz
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Foot-prints of the Creator pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Delve into the foundational texts of paleontology with Hugh Miller’s 'The Foot-prints of the Creator: or, The Asterolepis of Stromness.' This landmark work explores the fascinating world of foss...
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    28,04 €

  • Fermi’s Paradox
    D. Mark Yeomans
    One day in 1950, in the midst of lunch with colleagues, Italian/American physicist Enrico Fermi suddenly asked, 'Where is everybody?'Fermi wasn’t referring to the lunch crowd. What Fermi was pondering was why-with so many Sun-like stars in our Galaxy, and the potential of so many Earth-like planets-our Galaxy wasn’t awash with signs of extraterrestrial life. This apparent contr...
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    42,07 €

  • The Bones Beneath Us
    George Wakeman
    The Bones Beneath Us traces four billion years of planetary history, following the physical processes that shaped life before any human record and the brief interval in which our own species appeared. The narrative moves through vanished oceans, coal forests, ice-bound continents, and ancient seas where the first food webs took form, guided by evidence preserved in rock, fossil...
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    23,51 €

  • Cenozoic Paleobotanical Resource Inventory of the National Park System
    C. R. Cace / I. B. Huegele / T. P. Matel
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    30,12 €

  • Critical History for Tomorrow’s Paleontology
    Victor Monnin
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    29,65 €

  • Cowboys & Saurians Revisited
    John LeMay
    After ten books, it’s finally the end of the saurian trail. Newspapers of the Old West frequently chronicled encounters with large, reptilian creatures that sound suspiciously like remnant dinosaurs and which align with some modern-day cryptid encounters. This volume gets down to the nitty-gritty to explore which of those stories were true, revisiting classic cases like the Tom...
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    15,17 €

  • Paleozoic Rocks
    William Clifford Morse
    'Paleozoic Rocks' is a detailed scientific exploration of the stratigraphic records and geological formations belonging to the Paleozoic era. Written by William Clifford Morse, this work provides a rigorous examination of the lithology, fossil records, and structural characteristics of the rock layers that define this significant period in Earth’s history. The text focuses on i...
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    23,13 €


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